If there are two things I love, it’s good costumes and the British royal family. So, of course, The Crown is a real sweet spot for me. I love the show, and when I heard that an exhibit of costumes from it was going to be at the Winterthur Museum in glamorous Delaware, I knew I … More Delaware: Costumes of the Crown at the Winterthur Museum
San Francisco is one of those places that I’d file away under, “wow, have I really never been here yet?!?” It’s always been on my travel list, but for some reason or another, I never quite seemed to make it there. Over Memorial Day weekend this year, I finally rectified that. I began where all … More San Francisco: Burritos, Bridges, and Beyond
Somehow in my 33 years of living, I had never made it to Las Vegas. But if there’s one person whose power cannot be denied, it’s Celine Dion, and when my friends and I heard her Vegas residency was ending, we knew we had to go see her before she left. And since Vegas’s motto … More Las Vegas: Celine, Cher, and the Cosmo
Way back when I lived in Madison, going to Chicago for the big Christmas market was an annual thing. I always loved it – I am, of course, a sucker for a good Christmas market – but it occurred to me last year that it had been something like eight years since I last visited. … More Chicago: A Christmas Weekend in the Windy City
I always proclaim that I could never live someplace like California; that is, a place where there aren’t four seasons. Yet each time I visit, I wonder if maybe I’m just a little bit wrong – all that year-round sunshine can be pretty tempting when you think about it. And so it was when I … More Los Angeles: Hazy West Coast Days
I always feel a bit remiss about the fact that I have lived just a few hours away by train from Boston for several years now, and yet … I never really go there. Last summer, I rectified that, popping up to the city for a quick weekend getaway. The weekend began, fittingly, with breakfast. … More Boston: A Weekend Getaway to Beantown
Philadelphia is one of the easiest trips you can make from New York – Amtrak whisks you there in under two hours – yet, for whatever reason, I rarely find myself traveling there. In fact, until recently, I had only been once, during my first year in New York. For reasons I can no longer … More Philadelphia: A Lovely Spring Getaway
When I heard about Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, I could not believe I had somehow missed them my first time in town. Bright, colorful murals made of glass, tile, mirrors, and so much more? I knew immediately it was right up my alley. Located in the South Street neighborhood, the Magic Gardens are the work of … More Philadelphia: The Quirky, Colorful Magic Gardens
Technically speaking, I’ve been “in” Seattle probably sixty times before. You see, I used to have a client out in central Washington, and so each week, I’d fly there, stopping for a layover in Seattle before boarding a tiny plane bound for Wenatchee. Given that, I’d never really seen Seattle. But now, I am happy to … More Seattle: Flowers at Pike Place, a Windy Harbor Cruise, and One Very Gross Gum Wall
When my family and I were discussing options for our weekend in Seattle, my cousin mentioned the “glass museum” offhand. Suddenly it clicked for me: Seattle was home to the Chihuly museum, featuring the magnificent, colorful glass sculptures of Dale Chihuly, whose work I have long admired. Of course we had to go there, I said. … More Seattle: In Awe at Chihuly Garden and Glass
